TY - BOOK AU - Laslie,Brian D. TI - Architect of Air Power: General Laurence S. Kuter and the Birth of the US Air Force T2 - American Warriors Series SN - 9780813174044 AV - UG626.2.K87L37 2017 U1 - 358.40092 PY - 2017/// CY - Lexington PB - University Press of Kentucky KW - Kuter, Laurence Sherman, 1905-1979 KW - United States. Army Air Forces--Officers--Biography KW - United States. Air Force--Officers--Biography KW - United States. Air Force--History--20th century KW - Generals--United States--Biography KW - World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations KW - Air power--United States KW - Electronic books N1 - Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Beginnings, West Point, and Early Assignments -- 2 The Air Corps Tactical School -- 3 The Coming War -- 4 The European Theater of Operations -- 5 North Africa -- 6 Back to Washington and Hap's Stand-In -- PHOTOGRAPHS -- 7 The Pacific, War's End, and Air Transport Command -- 8 Air University -- 9 Fixing the Far East Air Forces and Creating the Pacific Air Forces -- 10 Commander in Chief, North American Air Defense Command -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=30374795 ER -